Clock fuzzing bugs

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Mon Nov 25 13:25:39 UTC 2019


Mark Atwood via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, at 19:32, Hal Murray via devel wrote:
> > 
> > esr at thyrsus.com said:
> > > If we don't see any evidence of beat-induced quantization, I'm willing to say
> > > we drop this code. 
> > 
> > How about adding a --disable-fuzz configure option so we can experiment 
> > without breaking the default case.
> > 
> > Or maybe a runtime configure option.
> 
> I like that idea.

Can be done.  Not even difficult.  About three hours of work, I'd say.

For reasons Mark knows, however, I'm booked up to my eyebrows 
until 16 Dec and Ian maybe longer than that.

Anyone ekse willing to srep in?
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